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This document contains 7 questions about fluid dynamics concepts like Stokes flow, drag force on objects in fluid flow, terminal settling velocity, and factors that affect viscosity. The questions cover topics like calculating drag on inclined fibers in Stokes flow, determining terminal velocity and particle size for spheres of different materials and densities, and relating sphere diameter to cube edge length for objects with the same terminal velocity.

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Tutorial 3 - 2020

This document contains 7 questions about fluid dynamics concepts like Stokes flow, drag force on objects in fluid flow, terminal settling velocity, and factors that affect viscosity. The questions cover topics like calculating drag on inclined fibers in Stokes flow, determining terminal velocity and particle size for spheres of different materials and densities, and relating sphere diameter to cube edge length for objects with the same terminal velocity.

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CLL 331: Tutorial Sheet 3

Dilute Suspensions

Q 1. Solve for uniform flow past a stationary circle in two dimensions (the problem is equivalent to
uniform flow past an infinitely long cylinder with the axis perpendicular to the flow direction). Assume
Stokes flow. (You will not be able to satisfy the boundary conditions of the problem with the solution of
Stokes equation. This problem is famously known as Stokes paradox.) Explain why Stokes equation is not
valid in the entire domain of the problem and hence one cannot solve it using Stokes equation.

Q 2. A fiber inclined at an angle θ is held stagnant in uniform flow of velocity, U. Calculate the drag force
acting on the particle in the direction of the flow and perpendicular to the direction of the flow. Neglect
gravity and assume Stokes flow. (\kappa=l/d>>1)

Q 3. For a Newtonian fluid why is the viscosity not dependent on the flow field? Under what general
conditions can the viscosity depend on the flow field or strain rate?

Q 4. Particles of different sizes (from 0.01mm to 0.2mm in dia) of same material (sp. gravity 2) are to be
separated. How will you separate them into two fraction one up to 0.1mm and another fraction from .1-
.2 mm? In another problem, particles of same sizes (from 0.01mm to .2mm in diameter) of two different
materials (sp gravity 2 and 1.5) are to be separated by flow. How will you separate them into two
fraction one up to 0.1 mm and another from 0.1 to 0.2 mm? Can you separate them completely?
Assume the suspension to be dilute.

Q 5. Calculate the terminal settling velocity of a quartz (sp. Gravity =1.20) sphere 0.1 cm in diameter, in
air (viscosity =10^(-5) Pa s). Determine the diameter of a sphere with sp gravity 4.0 having the same
terminal settling velocity.

Q 6. Calculate the time taken to reach 0.99 of the terminal velocity in the first part of the above
problem. Assuming a constant Cd=0.44 for solving the problem.

Q 7. A sphere of density 1500 kg/m3 falls freely under gravity in a fluid of density 700 kg/m3 and viscosity
0.5*10-3 Pas. Given that the terminal velocity of the sphere is 0.15m/s, calculate its diameter. What
would be the edge length of a cube of the same material falling in the same fluid at the same velocity?

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